Judge, 1917-09-08 · page 20 of 28
Judge — September 8, 1917 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects British and American wartime humor from WWI. The cartoons mock various war-related situations: **"Uncle Sam's War-Aim"** shows Uncle Sam demonstrating a new meaning of the American flag to "the Kaiser"—satirizing American war aims. **"A 'blighty'"** depicts a wounded soldier; "blighty" was British slang for a wound serious enough to warrant home leave. **"A Good Start"** celebrates American troops arriving in France as "advance guard." The remaining jokes target the home front: a palmist's fortune-telling, a tribunal exemption applicant who quips he could "sit on the Tribunal" instead of selling fish, and an inventor proposing an absurd "bicycle pump" weapon to the Inventions Board. The satire mocks both wartime bureaucracy and civilian anxiety about conscription and military service.
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Uncle Sam's War-Aim To demonstrate to the Kaiser a new meaning of Stars and Stripes.—Bystander (London). A “blighty.”—Tutler (London). The advance guard of the Ameri has landed in France. Land & (London). Water The sub. yesterday, and she described you exactly and said we should be married within a month. The girl—How extravagant you are—I could have told you that for nothing!—Lon- don Opinion. I paid a guinea to a palmist 1 you might do something of greate National Importance than selling fried fish ? Applicant for exemption (doubtfully).— Well, I might sit on the Tribunal!— Passing Show (London). A Rather Curious Experiment With a bicycle pump, by an applicant to the Inventions Board.—Bystunder (London).